What would you improve?

What do you like?

Lighting, pose, in general the composition (though there *might* be some merit to the suggestion to crop in from the left).

This is pretty idiosyncratic, but as I looked at the image, I felt a growing discomfort. If I don't view it as an abstract, I think I am subconsciously looking for a story that would put her in that pose. At first, I couldn't imagine one, but as I thought about it, I came up with a number of possible stories. The light makes me think that the door leads outside, and I think my initial disquiet came from doubting that she was going outside like that, or at least not imagining a motivation. But, maybe she's heard her lover arrive and is waiting to open the door. Or maybe she's paused to reminisce in passing.

Bottom line, there's some mystery in the image that kept me looking at it for a long time.

What would you improve?

trocklinYou're welcome. Now that I looked at your site and see some others posed in that spot, I realize that she could be gazing out the window. In this image, the windows look as though they are frosted. So the story gets more complex!